Quantitative assessment of locomotion and interlimb coordination in rats after different spinal cord injuries

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-178

  Redondo Castro, Elena ^a   Torres Espín, Abel ^a   García Alías, Guillermo ^b   Navarro, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Functional tests; Locomotor function; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORACIC SPINE; TREADMILL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84872659901     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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